NIH Microbiome Project Triples Number of Previously Identified Bacterial Genes

Seemingly every other week new data is published underscoring the importance the microbiome has on human well-being and disease. The microbiome—the encompassing term for the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies—has been the focus of intensive research by members of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a NIH initiative launched in 2008. Now, new data from HMP members at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Pu